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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Greece: Former finance minister key to gov't talks

Greek Socialist PASOK party leader Evangelos Venizelos arrives at a press room after a meeting with Democratic Left leader Fotis Kouvelis in the Parliament in Athens, on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. Rival Greek party leaders launched a second day of talks on Tuesday in an attempt to quickly form a pro-bailout coalition government, after the debt-crippled country's second inconclusive election in six weeks. Antonis Samaras' New Democracy party came first in Sunday's vote, winning 129 of Parliament's 300 seats — not enough for him to govern alone. He is seeking an alliance with the third-placed Socialist PASOK and the smaller Democratic Left party. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)Evangelos Venizelos has worn many hats during the Greek crisis: point man in international bailout talks, inheritor of a once-dominant political force whose popularity crumbled under austerity, and now, possibly, kingmaker in arduous post-election efforts to form a ruling coalition.



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